VOTED #1 BEST PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR THE 6TH YEAR

Thank you to our entire MPCS family and the metro Atlanta community for voting us the “Best Private School” in Cobb county for the SIXTH year in a row! We are humbled and blessed by your votes for the Marietta Daily Journal / Cobb Life Magazine 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 honors in the Kids and Education category.

Not only did you vote us the 6-time "Best Private School," but you also gave MPCS 5-time honors for "Best Preschool," "Best Performing Arts Program," and Cobb's "Best Teachers - Maranda Speaks (2nd) and Leigh Taylor Timmons (3rd)." The accolades don't end there, as you added "Best Music Instruction," as well as "Best Dance Studio - Murray Arts Academy," to the 3X list of #1 honors.

Be sure to check out the 2024 April edition Cobb Life Magazine to read why we achieved the #1 status, as well as details on the best private school accolades. Our school could not do what we do without our incredible students, parents, grandparents, alumni, community, and supporters! As they all feel it every day, MPCS is family. Thank you!

WHO is MPCS?

Mount Paran Christian School is a PreK3 through twelfth-grade private Christian, non-denominational, college-preparatory school. Founded in 1976, MPCS is fully accredited (SAIS/Cognia/CESA/NAIS) and located in near Kennesaw Mountain on a 68-acre collegiate-like campus. MPCS is committed to excellence in academics, award-winning arts, and championship athletics, all within a Christian environment. 

WHY WE are VOTED THE BEST

Students are given every opportunity to excel in the classroom with small student-teacher ratios (average 12:1) and challenging course loads. More than 56 AP and honors classes are offered, in addition to STEAM (PreK-grade 12), Project Lead the Way® (AP-calibre engineering curriculum), a gifted program, instructional support programs for mild dyslexia and learning differences, State championship robotics, vast exploratories/electives, and a 1:1 device program in middle and high school. MPCS boasts a higher percentage of AP scholars (students scoring a 3 or higher on AP exams) than other private or public schools in Cobb county signaling college readiness. Of MPCS graduates, 100% are accepted into college and attend schools such as Columbia, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia (average 55% of applicants accepted to UGA/GT), Gordon, Harvard, M.I.T., UCLA, Vanderbilt, and all US military academies.

MPCS recently completed the $12M Murray Innovation Center addition to the high school, equipped with maker space, fabrication lab, digital-theatre, student-run coffee shop, and more!

Athletics are a school-wide affair, uniting the preschool, lower, middle, and high school with a common sense of belonging. Even our three-year-olds know they're Eagles from day one. Sixty-eight teams represent 18 different sports beginning in the fifth grade, including a fishing team! Middle school alone boasts 70 Metro 10 championships. Varsity has recently won 50+ GHSA State titles in swim, track, football, golf, volleyball, and (10-time) competition cheer. On average, 18% of student-athletes sign to play at the collegiate level. Our athletes serve every day as role models to younger students through Christian Life mentor programs.

Inside Mount Paran Christian School's state-of-the-art Murray Arts Center, students age three and up are equipped with the skills to nurture their God-given abilities. Our Arts programs have received the highest calibre recognition in all areas including Governor's Honors, All-State, and Shuler Hensley awards. These highly-valued programs include chapel band, orchestra, marching band, chorus, vocal ensembles, dance, drama, technical theater, visual arts, recording arts, graphic design, photography, and musical theater. The Dozier School of the Arts magnet program gives students opportunities for intensive curricular study in their talent-area to facilitate growth and the potential to perform at the next level. MPCS also provides curricular arts classes and after-school music/dance lessons.

MPCS students experience God and grow in their faith through worship, in service, in missions, and in discipleship. Everything we do is within the context of faith. Students at every grade level are provided weekly opportunities to practice their faith through chapel worship, prayer, and Bible classes. Biblical integration happens throughout all academic classes to bolster faith and student mentorships.

Uncompromising academics is in no way sacrificed due to our Christian faith; nowhere in Scripture is mediocrity applauded. However, our unwavering commitment to exemplary academics goes hand-in-hand with developing servant-leaders who honor God, love others, and walk in Truth.

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Mount Paran Christian School provides exemplary PK3-grade 12 academics in small classes with Christ at the center. Our job is to prepare servant-leaders — in the classroom, on the ball field, on the stage, and, ultimately, in our community. This is our highest priority, as it is yours. Learn more about the difference a Mount Paran Christian School education can make for your child.  

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